Sometimes I wonder if the entire Republican Party isn't just a big practical joke being played on the American people. Have they always been this crazy?
Here's Gomer - excuse me, Rep. Louie Gohmert (from Texas, naturally) - explaining on the floor of the House of Representatives a diabolical terrorist plot: sneaking young pregnant women into America so they can give birth on American soil, then raising the kid to be a terrorist and send him back to our country in 20 or 30 years!
Heh, heh. I trust I don't have to explain how batshit crazy this is. No doubt it was meant as support for Rand Paul's wacko idea of repealing the 14th Amendment (and also, I suppose, as a nod to the even loonier birthers, who refuse to accept a black man as legitimately President of the United States). But how stupid must we Americans be to keep electing dim-bulbs like this? Gohmert is supposed to be a leader in our country, not some homeless guy wearing a tinfoil hat who rants about conspiracies as he's digging through a dumpster.
How could any elected official get away with saying something this insane without immediately losing any chance at reelection? What has happened to our country that the crazies have taken over the GOP with hardly any repercussions at all?
And then we've got Jonathan Chait cheering us up with stuff like this:
If economic conditions remain terrible, it's likely that the Republican Party will regain power. 9% unemployment would give even a radioactive figure like Sarah Palin a decent chance to win the presidency, and a double-dip recession would give her a very strong chance of success. This means there's a significant chance that by 2013 the country will be governed by a Republican Party that makes the Bush-era version appear benign by comparison.
Good luck getting to sleep tonight!
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